It was clear that she had arranged for them to be lured away beforehand and ordered them not to approach no matter what noise they heard, which is why they missed the best opportunity to track them.
Seeing them leave, Princess Zhaoyang's anger subsided slightly.
Seeing this, Anzhuoyi stepped forward and whispered in her ear, "Princess, don't you think these two are highly suspicious? It's such a coincidence that they came back at this time."
As she spoke, she quietly pointed to Qin Xi and Shu Hua, who had just returned.
Upon hearing this, Princess Zhaoyang's ears twitched, and she frowned as she looked at the two of them: "Where have you been?"
Qin Xi looked completely innocent: "I went to the restroom. Does the princess suspect that we hid someone?"
She took two steps with her hands behind her back, then turned to look at Princess Zhaoyang: "We've already searched the area, and there's nothing there. Do you think I have some extraordinary ability to hide such a large person? What good would that do me?"
Princess Zhaoyang narrowed her eyes, snorted coldly, and said nothing more.
Shu Hua glanced at the sky, blinked, and gently reminded her, "Princess, you should hurry and go look for her. If Miss Xu has really been kidnapped by thieves, it won't be easy to find her in such a large capital city, and it will be even more troublesome after dark."
Princess Zhaoyang clenched her fists and roared at Anzhuoyi, who was cowering behind her trying to make himself inconspicuous: "Hurry up and send someone to search! Be careful, or I'll make you regret it!"
Startled by her shout, Anzhuoyi readily agreed and went to find someone.
The originally planned poetry gathering at the beginning of the year turned into a search party, and the women lost interest in staying any longer, so they all took their leave from Princess Zhaoyang.
Princess Zhaoyang's face was ashen, and she didn't even bother to put on a show. She gave him a fierce look, turned around, and left without looking back.
Qin Qi and Shu Hua walked out calmly through the crowd, but their palms were slightly sweaty.
The latter leaned close to her ear and whispered, "We need to hurry."
Qin Qi nodded almost imperceptibly. They had to hurry, otherwise it wouldn't be good if Xu Zizhen were kidnapped by the "thieves".
The two quickened their pace and walked towards where the carriage was parked.
When they arrived, they saw the "thief" with his hands supporting his chin, staring at the sleeping Xu Zi with a furrowed brow.
This "thief" was not a fierce and menacing person at all; on the contrary, he was handsome and looked like a refined scholar.
As luck would have it, this person was quite familiar with them.
Shu Hua lifted the car curtain and saw the two people inside. Her eyes lit up, and she called out joyfully, "Brother!"
Shu Zhan raised his head, loosened his eyelashes, and pulled her up: "Come on up."
"Brother, what brings you here?" Shu Hua watched as Lu Huai jumped off the carriage and led Qin Qi to the back.
Shu Zhan looked up at the sky and joked, "It's all because Lu Changjue was worried about his wife and insisted on coming to pick her up, so I came along too. We may not have a wife, but we do have a pretty little sister!"
Shu Hua rolled her eyes at him and muttered, "Talking nonsense again." She lifted the curtain and glanced in Qin Qi's direction, then turned to him and asked, "Where are they going?"
He pulled out a folding fan from behind his waist, spread it out, and gave her a light tap on the head: "Idiot! Look how small this carriage is. It's already cramped for the four of us, let alone with an unconscious little girl in tow. Are they supposed to sit on the roof instead of at the back?"
It's clearly not spring yet, but he still carries a folding fan with him. It shows that some people will do anything to show off.
"hiss--"
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